I doff my cap to Tania Jeffery and Kellie-Jayne Cox, who have recently opened a new practice in Hampshire.

It is particularly noble in these difficult days. I think, however, that the ‘glass window’ policy may be questionable, and a grumpy old gaffer like me would say that if they wanted to open a hairdressing salon then they should have done so.

On a more serious note, I hope that they recognise that some clients do not wish to be seen in their solicitor’s office and that the utmost confidentiality should be retained, especially in a small town.

Nevertheless, congratulations to them.

Stephen Pocock, Pocock’s Solicitors of Whitstable, Whitstable, Kent